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Original Land Grant
Iowa Bounty Land given to soldier in War of 1812
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[Special thanks to Vicki Nichols for sharing this original land grant]
A congressional act of 1855 entitled soldiers who served in military service of the United States to receive Land grants. This original land grant of 120 acres was presented to Martin Ray, a Private in Captain Warner's Company, New Hampshire Militia during the War of 1812. Martin Ray assigned the land to Joseph M. Clarke on May 1, 1860.
The land description included the south 1/2 of the southeast quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 34 in Township 76 north and Range 38 west (all in Lincoln Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa).
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| Map of Pottawattamie County showing Lincoln Township in red |
Map of Lincoln Township showing the area of 120 acres, land grant |
| Joseph M. Clarke was born June 4, 1814 in Clermont County, Ohio and died Dec 7, 1889 in Jefferson City, Missouri. He married Luvenia Nunley in 1845. They lived in Kentucky and Missouri, but never in Iowa. Joseph owned over 1,000 acres of land in Cass and Pottawattamie Counties in Iowa. He was a banker and State Representative in Osage County, Missouri. On Mar 18, 1880, Joseph and Luvenia Clarke sold the land area listed in the land grant above to Isaac Dickerson and John H. Wood who owned the firm of Dickerson & Wood real estate, abstract & loan office in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. |
| [photo of Joseph Marcus Clarke, 1814 – 1889, copied from the Illustrated Sketch Book and Directory of Jefferson City and Cole County, MO, by J. W. Johnston, 1900, p.283
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